Pişi & Squeak

Maine Coon in the House!

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 6 Jul 2019 13:10:00 -0700

This house has seen some exceptional cats in our house. Before Pişi, Squeak and I moved in, my hubby housed the neighborhood nasty girl, Aslana. In another life, I shared my home with a wacky rescue named Nevada, and a Maine Coon mix named Monty, who to this day I consider my most affable cat. He was my only male cat - for some reason I'm prone to adopting sassy, strong girl cats. Pişi for one. Squeak is proving herself to be pretty sassy, in her own fourteen-year-old fluffy cat way, with a new girl in town.

I thought, in fact, that Squeak might have some Maine Coon in her.

This is why I made the choice to go for blue-blood. Pişi dominated Squeak as only a former Turkish street cat could, that is until towards the end of Pişi's life. Squeak took some strong stands against that old street scrapper, but I must say that Squeak also showed the greatest respect for Pişi as she aged and grew weaker. In fact, Squeak was in the room when Pişi took her last breath, and Squeak approached her gently, sniffed her, then quietly walked away.

I wanted Squeak to have a new companion a bit more like herself. Since I thought she might have some Maine Coon in her, or Norwegian Forest Cat, I went looking for one of those. A friend of ours had two Maine Coons - Delphine and Dodge. Delphine and Dodge weren't being bred for any reason except to have babies. (Dodge didn't have papers, though his pure heritage was apparent.) In fact, here are some pictures of Frankie's parents:

Dodge and Delphine - making babies, I guess. (They had three litters together before Dodge passed away. Frankie was from the first.)

Frankie (Francesca) and her mom Delphine

Frankie's daddy, Dodge

So, yes, I thought Squeak might have Maine Coon in her. But hey, once I got a pure Maine Coon, I began to realize they are in a class all their own. The normal rules of domestic cats just don't apply. And if we try to enforce them, well, she just overpowers us!

Welcome Francesca (aka Frankie)

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Thu, 4 Jul 2019 19:08:00 -0700

So,

we mourned Pişi for awhile -

about a year to be exact.

Squeak didn't miss her though.

She kind of dug being the only cat.

She would probably say we couldn't leave well enough alone.

We couldn't.

In January of 2017,

we destroyed Squeak's

solitary bliss with a

bundle of joy.

Her name is Francesca.

We like to call her Frankie.

Frankie at 3 months . . .

. . . at 6 months . . .

(Much to Squeak's dismay, that kitten kept growing.)

. . . Frankie at about one year . . .

. . . two years . . .

. . .

and now (Frankie will be three in November!)

Francesca, July 4, 2019

And yes, she is a Maine Coon, and a character at that.

Frankie and Squeak asked me to restart the blog.

I promised them I would.

Been So Long

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Thu, 4 Jul 2019 18:51:00 -0700

Far too long.

I was reading through some cat blogs the other day, and I ran across some old friends. Cole and Marmalade. They're cat rock and roll stars now.

They made me think of this blog -- which I loved keeping. But life caught up with me, and it brought some changes along the one.

One of them was the passing of my dear friend Pişi.

She probably passed away about nine months after this photo was taken, in Summer of 2015.

When you have a cat like Pişi, you mourn for awhile.

Her story is told earlier on this blog. Her Turkish roots,

her exploits.

She was eighteen when she left us,

and a fighter all the way to the end.

She rests in our backyard now.

All the feral cats like to hang out at her grave.

I like to think of it this way:

they know she was a jellicle cat,

a miracle cat,

a powerful soul.

It was probably her passing that silenced us here.

And life, of course.

Oh, life.

hello friends

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:43:00 -0700

Hi, Pisi, here,

I'm demanding that my human do a blog entry.

I'm doing ok these days.

Reportedly, I'm approaching

18 years old.

Go figure.

The one thing I know for sure is that my

cat-mate,

Squeak,

keeps growing.

No way am I shrinking.

Occasionally, we even get along.

Basically,

we just wanted to say "hi!"

Hope you're well,

hope we get back here soon.

But summer's being good to us,

and sometimes the best thing to do

is to just take a nap.

Squeak's on a Diet

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:20:00 -0700

No matter what anyone tells her,

Squeak's having a real hard time with the message:

"girlfriend, you've got to lose weight."

She tries to hide, so we won't keeping chiding her,

but no matter where she goes, we find her.

Her expansive girth has become

even more apparent since her summer haircut:

So,

she's on a diet.

At her last visit, she'd weighed in just around 19 pounds.

Our current goal: to lose two of them.

After we do that, we'll try to lose two more.

Wish us all luck! Squeak's favorite hobby, after all,

is eating.

One Year Later . . . .

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 13:50:00 -0700

If by some odd chance

you have been wondering

whatever became

of two cats named

Pişi and Squeak,

well, the best answer to that question is:

they got a year older.

Furthermore, they both have taken up piano lessons:

As you might guess, Squeak is making more progress, as she is able to remain awake long enough

to complete her scales.

She is quite proud of herself.

Our dear Pişi has passed the sixteen year old mark,

we think. Given your dubious origins,

we can't be sure exactly how old

the dear old girl

is.

She sleeps an awful lot.

But all the same, the two girls are well, and are delighted to see

their blog still lives.

They'd like to come visit you again.

And they will.

So hello dear world.

We'll be back soon. . . .

with love,

from

Pişi

and

Squeak

Cat Woman Barbie

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:00 -0700

Order yours today!

barbiecollector

Hi From Squeak!

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:37:00 -0700

Pisi's Where?!?!?

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:16:00 -0700

I'm not moving!

Kisses

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:03:00 -0700

Our dear,

sweet,

Human

dropped her camera

one more time,

and it appears

not repairable.

Silly Human.

So it will be a couple weeks before

you can see pictures of us again.

But we do want to check in on all of you!

here's a video we thought you'd like:

Kisses to all of you,
from
Pisi and Squeak!

. . . if I don't look at her, she won't be there. Will she?

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:08:00 -0700

hi friends.

hope you are well.

We miss you so.

Please know that

just because you can't see us

doesn't mean

we aren't here!

Erte? or Kittey?

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:35:00 -0700

Want your name in cats?

Go to:

nekofont

Pisi in her favorite place (other than the porch)

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Wed, 1 May 2013 06:13:00 -0700

. . . . on the BTLO's lap.

Here she is, our Human, in a rare appearance:

She likes this photo enough, though,

that she agreed to post it.

We're all reveling over Pisi's age these days:

she is probably 15.

Who would have ever thought that a deaf

Turkish street cat would live so long

in such luxury?

She's still here, too,

and hopefully we can marvel over it

when she's 16.

Scary!!!! (Either for the Duck, or the Cat, Not Sure Which!)

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:30:00 -0700

. . . and now, for the real reason you haven't heard from Pisi and Squeak in awhile:

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:55:00 -0700

CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION?

A Sure Sign of Spring: Squeak Gets a Haircut, and Pisi Sleeps on the Porch

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:46:00 -0700

So,

in the depth of the winter,

we just slept:

. . . and slept and slept and slept.

But Spring is upon us, and here's one of the first signs:

Squeak's haircut!

. . . and Pisi's passed out on the porch:

We miss all our friends, and sure hope our Human

(aka: The Big Two Legged One, remember her?)

slows down so we can blog some more.

Hope you're all well!

With love,

from Pisi & Squeak

Yoo Hooo!

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sun, 3 Mar 2013 17:09:00 -0800

Happy Day to you

from Squeak

Hibernating

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:37:00 -0800

Whoops

Where'd she go?

We are hibernating, folks.

After all, look what's outside our windows:

We sure hope you're all staying warm!

with love

from Pisi

and Squeak

The Frozen Tundra

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:42:00 -0800

So, I thought I'd take off across the frozen tundra

to see what's out there. . . .

Hmmm. . . what's this?

I think I'll eat it.

Well, that's enough of that.

Time to go back in and really eat something.

Yes, I will eat next to her (the Squeakster)

as long as there's a wall between us.

(In fact, when the Big Two Legged One is not around,

we're very cordial. This morning,

she caught us nuzzling each other

in a good morning kiss.

Don't tell anyone!)

And Merry Christmas to all our friends out in cat land!

with love,

from

Pişi and Squeak

An Old Favorite

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:05:00 -0800

. . . having gotten past the stress of the End of Time,

we can now get on to partying.

So let us please post an old favorite

Christmas song:

Two shopping days to go! Are you ready?

with love,

from

Pisi and Squeak

. . . this is what we have to say about the End of Time

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:26:00 -0800

(One of our human's Facebook friends posted this.

Don't know where she got it.

But we like it a lot!)

Watching The World Go By

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:45:00 -0800

We're not even going to make excuses for our long silence.

Just blame it on the human.

Hopefully, now that she's on Christmas break,

we'll be able to be here more often.

But in the mean time, let me share what I've been doing:

Just watching

You may wonder what a house cat with porch privileges can have to watch, well,

just look closely. Can you see what I see?

Let's get a little closer:

There he is! My friend, the Black Cat!

Hope all our other cat friends in Cyber Land are doing well!

With love,

from

Pisi

and

Squeak

Mid-day Nap

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:45:00 -0700

We are kind of upset

about our BTLO (Big Two Legged One aka: Human).

She has been far too busy for her own good.

We don't even wake up anymore when she walks in the house

But we think of our cat blogging friends often,

and we wanted to say

hello ~

we miss you!

And we hope you're all fine.

With love,

from

Squeak and Pisi

Jumping Cats, Video

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:28:00 -0700

Well,

we're sorry we're not appearing in person,

but we found this video

thanks to our friend over in Arbroath ~ ~

We'd like to say it's abusive to cats,

but,

well,

it appears these cats are abusing themselves a bit.

Ah, well, there's a reason we have nine lives

Word Verification

HILL1362@roadrunner.com (Makropoulos) — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:40:00 -0700

Hi folks,

Squeak here.

We really do like to hear from our friends in blog land,

and a few weeks ago, one of our friends told us

that they found Word Verification

to be very difficult.

So we took it off.

Well, I'll tell ya,

we started getting some really strange stuff,

and I just didn't like it.

So I put Word Verification back on.

We really do want to hear from you,

and we hope you'll still write,

even if it means you have to identify one of those wacky words.

Have a great week,

even if you don't write and say hi!

love

from

Squeak